- Doug McIntyre
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Doug McIntyre Born Douglas McIntyre
November 11, 1957
Glen Cove, New York, U.S.Occupation Radio Show Host, Radio and Television Producer, Writer, Columnist Spouse Penny Peyser (2002–present) Website http://RadioGasBag.com/ Doug McIntyre (born November 11, 1957) is the host of "Talking the News" on 77 WABC New York City (weekdays 5-6AM), the lead-in morning drive show before "Imus in the Morning." He also hosts the four-hour radio talk show "Doug McIntyre's Red Eye Radio", syndicated across the United States on Cumulus Media Networks, and is the page one columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News[1] (Wednesdays & Sundays.) Until September 24, 2009, McIntyre was the morning host on Los Angeles, California talk radio station KABC radio, known for his active involvement in local politics and his passion for jazz and The Great American Songbook. McIntyre's background includes work as television writer-producer (his credits include: Married...With Children, WKRP in Cincinnati, Full House, Mike Hammer and the critically acclaimed PBS series, Liberty's Kids, which earned McIntyre a Humanitas Prize nomination). With his wife, actress Penny Peyser, McIntyre wrote, produced and directed the feature length documentary film, Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon, released in 2008.
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Radio
After four years hosting KABC's overnight show "Red Eye Radio", McIntyre was selected to inherit the "morning drive" position when veteran host Ken Minyard retired in October 2004. On September 24, 2009, McIntyre announced on his radio show that he was leaving, effective the end of the day's broadcast.[2] Doug McIntyre later returned and is heard nightly as the host of the nationally syndicated Red Eye Radio. As of May 8th, 2011 "Doug McIntyre's Red Eye Radio" is heard on flagship station 77 WABC New York, 790 KABC Los Angeles, 1090 WBAL Baltimore, 680 WRKO Boston, as well as 75 other stations across the country. Red Eye Radio is syndicated by Cumulus Media Networks and is also heard on CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks, on CRN1.[3]
Television
Doug McIntyre is a frequent television guest. He has appeared frequently on "Lou Dobbs Tonight", Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect", and HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher". Doug has also appeared on The History Channel and FOX News Channel’s "The O’Reilly Factor" and "Hannity & Colmes". Doug also hosted his own segment on CNBC’s "Dennis Miller Show".
Political and Social Views
McIntyre identifies himself as being non-partisan. He has stated that he has no allegiance to any one party, but votes on common-sense and incumbency. He often voices his disdain for voters who blindly vote based on political party only, encouraging people to vote on beliefs and research, not on party. He encourages compromise and that voters and politicians must "quit always blaming the other side." He supports gay marriage and the legalization of marijuana. He believes adamantly in border security, stating that you cannot create jobs with an open border and that a nation is not a sovereign nation unless the borders are enforced. He encourages legal immigration but opposes the DREAM Act and amnesty for illegal immigrants. He also opposes a flat tax system, often using an example of a 10% tax: "If a person makes $10,000 and another makes $1 million, the guy who makes $10,000 will have to get by on $9,000, while the guy who makes $1 million will have to get by on $900,000." He has stated that cutting spending at all levels and closing tax loopholes will help end the 2008 recession, citing 47% of all filers in 2009 did not pay any Federal income tax because of various exemptions.[4] He believes no business is "too big to fail" when mishandled and is a critic of the TARP bailout. He often highlights political corruption at city, state, and Federal levels.[5]
McIntyre hosted an extensive series of debates and interviews related to the Los Angeles Mayoral primary in March 2005 and did so again in 2009, including organizing a public "Pitchforks and Torches" rally with the goal of galvanizing local voters to go to the polls rather than allow the incumbents to roll to an easy victory based on their political "machine" and the apathy of the large non-voting majority of local citizens. McIntyre has also been active in addressing issues related to illegal immigration to the US, which he strenuously opposes, with particular emphasis on so-called "sanctuary city" laws. He has been actively involved in the Jamiel Shaw II murder case as well as the murder of the Bolonga family members in San Francisco by alleged illegal alien gang members. McIntyre led a protest outside the office of LA City Councilman Jack Weiss which garnered heavy local and national coverage.
In May 2006, McIntyre generated considerable attention (including an appearance as an interview subject on the nationally syndicated Bill O'Reilly program) when he offered his listeners an on-air apology for his prior support of the G. W. Bush administration entitled, "An Apology from a Bush Voter". In his "apology," McIntyre lays out his claim that the Bush administration has proven itself irresponsible where it isn't flatly incompetent, and he argues that "George W. Bush is the worst two-term President in the history of the country. Worse than Grant. I also believe a case can be made that he’s the worst President, period". On the night of the 2008 presidential election McIntyre announced that he voted for Democrat Barack Obama, citing his anger with the Republican party and its nominee John McCain for having mis-governed the country and for abandoning conservative principles.
Education & Personal Life
Doug McIntyre is a graduate of Stonehill College.
He is married to actress Penny Peyser, and is a stepfather of two sons, one of whom is a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army.
Author
Doug writes a twice weekly page one column for the Los Angeles Daily News. Additionally, Doug has written for American History Illustrated, LA Jazz Scene, and The Los Angeles Times. An amateur historian, McIntyre is an expert on the Wright Brothers. McIntyre's column for the Los Angeles Daily News appears every Wednesday and Sunday.
"Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon"
McIntyre and Peyser have written, produced, and directed the feature length documentary film of Jack Sheldon, entitled; Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon, (2008). Trying to Get Good won Jury Prizes at the Newport Beach Film Festival and at The Kansas City Film Makers Jubilee, and won Audience Prizes at Newport Beach and the Indianapolis International Film Festival. TTGG also won an audience prize at the prestigious Nashville International Film Festival.
Awards & Recognition
Doug McIntyre won the "Best Columnist" award in 2011 from the California Association of Newspaper Publishers for his work in the Los Angeles Daily News. He was also awarded "Outstanding Alumnus" by his alma mater, Stonehill College, on Saturday, March 27, 2010. For the PBS series Liberty’s Kids, Doug earned a Humanitas Prize nomination for excellence in television writing. McIntyre has also been ranked one of the “Top 40” radio hosts in the nation by the radio industry journal, Talkers Magazine. Year after year, McIntyre has been selected by his peers as one of the “most popular” and “most admired hosts” in the annual LARadio.com poll.
References
- ^ Daily News
- ^ Mcintyre in the Morning radio broadcast, 8 a.m., September 24, 2009
- ^ Morning Host Doug McIntyre Leaves KABC
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125997180
- ^ http://dougmcintyreonline.com/category/newscolumn/
External links
Categories:- 1957 births
- Living people
- American radio personalities
- Stonehill College alumni
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